
João Lourenço Receives Brazilian Business Delegation in Luanda
Angolan President João Lourenço met a LIDE business delegation in Luanda on 13 August 2026 and accepted an invitation to...
September 11, 2026The South Atlantic is getting busier. Brazil’s agribusiness and mining reach into Africa, BRICS ties deepen, and the two regions increasingly face the same questions – on commodities, debt, data sovereignty and great-power pressure – from opposite shores. The Rio Times covers the trade, investment and diplomatic links between Africa and Latin America, the one lens no other outlet owns. This hub gathers the stories where the Global South’s two great frontiers meet.

Angolan President João Lourenço met a LIDE business delegation in Luanda on 13 August 2026 and accepted an invitation to...
September 11, 2026
Africa Intelligence Brief for September 10: Kenya's nurses end their 41-day strike with a signed return-to-work formula, Congo's Bundibugyo Ebola...
September 10, 2026
Africa Intelligence Brief for September 9: Gambia's President Barrow declares a national emergency over rolling blackouts three months before his
September 9, 2026
Africa Intelligence Brief for September 8: Nigeria's government won't confirm a three-month ceasefire it quietly holds with Boko Haram, a...
September 8, 2026
Africa Intelligence Brief for September 7: insurgents take a South African mechanic hostage near Mozambique's Cabo Delgado, Kenya's nurses' strike...
September 7, 2026
Africa Intelligence Brief for September 5: a vigilante raid empties a Durban refugee camp, Niger's junta explains a mutiny at...
September 5, 2026
Africa Intelligence Brief for September 4: Kenya orders foreign traders to close by Monday, Zimbabwe gives Harare vendors until September...
September 4, 2026
A UN panel says Colombian fighters in Sudan operated drones and artillery for the RSF, with up to 2,000 recruited...
September 4, 2026
The JBS Nigeria investment of US$2.5bn covers six plants, but civil society groups in Abuja want it suspended until safeguards...
September 4, 2026Brazil runoff date: Sunday, October 25, poll closing times and when results start · Brazil runoff polls: Flávio 51%, Lula 49% · Kalshi and Polymarket odds